By shelz.
Recently, Nathan Willet has developed a penchant for name dropping possibly only rivaled by Game. In an effort to produce a larger, more anthemic type of album, he and his Cold War Kid brethren are borrowing ideas (hopefully not too much content) from the likes of U2 and REM. Nevertheless, all of this homage is supposed to help in creating the band’s most personal release. I guess stranger things have happened.
Cold War Kids’ impending third album, Mine Is Yours, has had a few songs drip and so far, the material is ambitious and grand. “Bulldozer” is a perfect example.
A snaky bassline, some tribal drums and a haunting guitar, bathed in distortion, welcome you in quietly but build slowly as Willet describes an impending battle of the heart. His voice is pitchy, but what’s new? The slow build starts in the chorus, but recedes for the 2nd verse. After that though, all bets are off. This song blasts off into the arena stratosphere with some impressive construction that includes the song being “bulldozed” on the breakdown just so it can be rebuilt from scratch.
The end is straight from Phil Spector’s book of the harmony of many. It’s pretty epic.
So will the Cold War Kids manage something really heartfelt and personal? Probably. Will it come with a grip of borrowed concepts? Maybe. But it still sounds like they have something big on their hands, original or not. “Bulldozer.” Enjoy.
Cold War Kids – “Bulldozer”
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